Course information
Spanish
St Lawrence College - Kent
01843572900
College Road, Ramsgate, CT11 7AE
Course summary

With some 400 million speakers, Spanish is the fourth most commonly spoken language in the world. Only Mandarin, English and Hindi have more speakers. Spanish is an official language on four continents and is the mother tongue in 21 countries. Knowing another language, particularly one as widely spoken as Spanish will be extremely useful when you are looking for a job. With the world becoming ever more global, contact with people of other countries has increased tremendously in recent decades. Learning Spanish can also help you to improve your knowledge of your own language. Spanish is from the Romance language family of languages, its roots coming primarily from Latin. English, too has many words of Latin origin. Because of this, knowing Spanish helps speakers of English (as well as some other European languages) broaden their vocabulary in as well as understand the grammar of their native language. Often, these same Latin roots are at the base of many sophisticated words in English, so Spanish learners can also become more proficient in English.

Entry requirements

How you'll be assessed

Themes include Social issues and trends, Political and artistic culture, Grammar and translation & Works: Literary texts and films. Assessments/examinations based on the topic areas will be taken throughout the course in preparation for the A Level examination at the end of the course (detailed below): Paper 1: Listening, reading and writing 2hr 30min written exam, 100 marks (50% of A Level) Paper 2: Writing 2hr written exam, 80 marks (20% of A Level) Paper 3: Speaking 21-23min oral exam, 60 marks (30% of A Level) This qualification is linear. Linear means that pupils will sit all their exams at the end of the course. For further information contact rjh@slcuk.com or see the AQA website.

School Info

About Education Provider

RegionSouth East
Local AuthorityKent
Ofsted Rating
Gender TypeCo-Educational
ISI ReportView Report
Boarding Fee£29,434 - £40,899
Sixth Form Fee£19,263 - £20,877
AddressCollege Road, Ramsgate, CT11 7AE